Iran&s SCO membership to be approved this year: acting Uzbek FMIran’s SCO membership to be approved this year: acting Uzbek FM

TEHRAN— Iran will be finally admitted to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) this year with a memorandum outlining the country's obligations to be signed at a meeting in Samarkand on September 15-16, according to Uzbekistan's acting foreign minister, Vladimir Norov.

According to RIA Novosti, Norov stated on July 11 at a panel meeting in

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Russia&s Putin due in Tehran next week Russia’s Putin due in Tehran next week 

TEHRAN – Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a visit to Iran next week, a senior Iranian lawmaker has said.

The lawmaker, Mohammad Reza Pour Ebrahimi, who is chairman of the Iranian parliament’s Economic Committee, said the visit aims to boost economic cooperation between Tehran and Moscow.

He stressed that Russia is serious about expanding

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Iran reacts to Sullivan, says no breakthrough in Iran-Russia cooperationIran reacts to Sullivan, says no breakthrough in Iran-Russia cooperation

TEHRAN— On Tuesday afternoon, Iran responded to remarks by U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan that Iran is set to supply Russia with drones, saying cooperation between Iran and Russia predates to the onset of the Ukraine war and no specific development came about recently in this regard.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani

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Amir Abdollahian meets Italian Senate foreign affairs committee chiefAmir Abdollahian meets Italian Senate foreign affairs committee chief

TEHRAN- On Monday evening, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian held talks with the head of the Italian Senate Commission for Foreign Affairs and Immigration in Rome, where they discussed bilateral, regional, and international issues.

During his conversations with Stefania Craxi, Amir Abdollahian emphasized the importance of the two

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Iran issues stark warning as Biden visits regionIran issues stark warning as Biden visits region

TEHRAN – As the U.S. president prepares to visit the West Asia region, Iran ramps up warnings of a U.S.-led plan to build a regional air defense system widely seen as being directed against Iran.

President Biden’s visit will take place on July 13-16. Ahead of the visit, there is a wave of media speculations about a U.S. plan to create a regional a

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Wait and see what regional meeting on dust storms will produce Wait and see what regional meeting on dust storms will produce 

TEHRAN – Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE) hosted on Tuesday a conference of 11 regional countries to find solutions for major environmental problems, particularly sand and dust storms (SDSs).

Environment ministers of Iraq, Armenia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Syria, and Qatar, deputy environment ministers of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan

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